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Organization Decries "Blatant Act of Censorship" and Calls for Support
Save the Tigris Foundation

9 July 2025

This month's expulsion of Save the Tigris from the 47th UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting marks a troubling and dangerous precedent for civil society participation in global heritage protection. For the first time in history, an NGO observer was forcibly excluded from the session—not due to misconduct, but solely because of its critical stance towards the policies of a member state.

A Letter to the UK's Foreign Secretary

9 November 2021

The Corner House and others have written to the UK's Foreign Secretary to urge immediate action to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in northern and eastern Syria where tens of thousands now lack water due to the actions of Turkey and its proxies following their military occupation of border areas in 2019.